tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post1592830558614391253..comments2024-03-27T19:18:10.295-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: Howard Johnson's Opens in Lorain – Nov. 1955Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-64859701815640257532013-12-02T09:13:24.177-05:002013-12-02T09:13:24.177-05:00I went back to the city directories and checked; C...I went back to the city directories and checked; Chris' Restaurant first appeared at the former HoJo location in the 1982 directory. The address had been vacant since the 1978 edition.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-8462698990367905082013-11-18T21:17:01.997-05:002013-11-18T21:17:01.997-05:00Chris' Restaurant used to be a little bit west...Chris' Restaurant used to be a little bit west of its current location. Around 1968 or so it was where Jack and Diane's is now, at 5100 West Erie. So your memory is correct that it was out in that stretch of West Erie at about the time you remember.<br /><br />Howard Johnson's was in the phone book until around 1976 or so. I'll have to look up at the library exactly when Chris' moved into the old HoJo building.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-86389813596156513822013-11-18T20:42:45.077-05:002013-11-18T20:42:45.077-05:00Dan,
When did Chris' take over the HoJo site?...Dan,<br /><br />When did Chris' take over the HoJo site? I seem to remember it being there when we got to the west side in '65, but my memory has been known to play tricks...:)<br /><br />MikeMike Kozlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128014468957512808noreply@blogger.com